It’s a journey,
taming the inner critic,
unlocking creative energy,
when self-doubt doesn’t need a special potion
to wield its power over creativity.
It’s easier to accept defeat,
to discard the fragments of musings as worthless.
Yet, it’s quite a journey
to fend off doubts
and let creative energy flow.
A superpower, indeed,
to persist, evading the clutches of self-doubt.
This poem is written in response to the one hundred and ninety fifth edition of Fiction Monday inspired by the word prompt – JOURNEY and the below photo prompt hosted by yours truly. Do join in if you have a tale to tell.
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Void Thoughts 
A superpower it is indeed! one that I wish came in a pill that we could take every morning and get on with our days!
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This post resonates with me whenever I try writing fiction posts. The doubts and the blockage have been winning over me all this while and I have not written any.
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It really is! Right now I’m struggling with this.
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It is always a journey. Overtime, however you learn to say, “Shut up and go away!” to your doubts and fears, real or imaginary.
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It really does help to personify the inner critic and beat up on it, first in imagination, then in living well and proving it wrong.
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